Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-02-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. D. c. Jan. q. 1ss;

"AshlNbIONi II. Y. Jan. "a, 1901
The present Congress has redeemed
its reputation during the first half Of
| this its last session, and il will now go
down to history honored, even If it
I should do nothing more for the remain
der Of its life. The enactment of the
Presidential Succession bill has been
followed by that regulating the Elec-
toraI Count, and so a double peril is re-
moved. 1t is now pretty certain that
President Cleveland's successors will be
elected and inaugurated without any
resort to partisan war-a calamity that
hitherto has been averted only by the
tolerance of the people.
But this is not half of what has been
accomplished. The Interstate Com
meree bill, "fOr better or for worse, !"
has gone through both Houses, and only
awaits the Executive signature to be-
come a law. Then a rigorous Anti
Polygamy measure has at last been
passed; an investigation of the Pacific
Railroad croOkedness has been ordered
and the old Mexican veterans are about
to be pensiOned. r.u. ...E H
At the end of this Congress, the terms
of One-third of the whele number Of
United States Senators expire. While
some of them have been reelected, 9TH
ers will be succeeded by new men. 1t is
noticeable that Federal soldiers are get
ting scarce in the Senate. There are
only seven men who fought on the I'm
ion side during the war, while there are
sixteen whose names are on the muster
rolls of the COnfederacy. It's probable
that only three of the ex-Federals will
be left when the Senate is called to Or
der at the commencement of the next
session. These will be Senators Haw-
ley, Manderson and Plumb. Fifteen
Republican Senators will be sworn in
on the 4th of next March, but four of
them wore the Confederate gray. This
will leave the Senate with twenty ex-
Confederates, and three soldiers of the
Union. - ..t.. .r... ....
In regard to Lieutenant Emory's Arctic
trip, Secretary Whitney has'expressed
himself in no uncertain language. Re-
ferring to the report that the Lieuten-
ant wanted to go North in the"Thetis," !"
he said the United States had some
thing else to do with its vessels, naval
officers and sailors besides sending them
off on Arctic expeditions. II will not
say, however," continued the Secre-
tary," that there will he no such expedi-
ton under the present Administration,
but certainly not with my consent. No
one will receive orders from me for such
trip in conson9nce with my wishes" !"
The President is i'm good health again,
but he is careful to favor his rheumatic
knee on all occasions. He felt COM
PEELED to decline to review the order of
the Mystic Shrine which visited the
city during the week, for fear of the
damp air to which he would be expos
ed, and he could not go to the top of
Washington Monument with Mrs.
Cleveland and Mr.. Corcoran according
to appointment. This trip to the clouds
had been arranged for three O'Clock,
and at that hour everything was in
readiness for the distinguished visitors.
The interior of the Monument. was
electrically lighted from top to bottom,
a fire was built in the boiler house,
steam was generated, and several pre-
liminary trips of the elevator had been
made to see that everything was in
complete running order for the expect
ed visit of the President. Mrs. Cleve-
land was on time, and announcing in q
disappointed tone that the President
was not able to come, gracefully tender
ed her arm to the venerable Mr.. Cor
coran, and conducted him to the eleva-
tor. The air inside the Monument is
damp and chilly, and when the
marble door swung open blast
rushed out that almost took the breath
of those entering. The visitors looked
down upon the magnificent panorama
at the 500 foot level. Mrs. Cleveland
took especial interest in the White
House, and tried hard to recognize
familiar figure at the library window.
Tomorrow the prominent advocates
of woman suffrage will begin their nine
teenth annual convention in this city,
and tomorrow Senator Blair will make
an effect to have the Woman Suffrage
amendment to the Constitution dis
cussed in the Senate. Miss Susan B.
Anthony, who has been here for some
weeks, is as grim and hopeful and reso-
lutte as ever, wearing her defeats of the
last forty years as cheerfully as other
veterans wear plumes of victory. She
doesn't think at all well ofpress report
ers, however. She says, where wO-
men are concerned, at least, the re-
porters are sure to seize upon some
triviality and ring its changes to the
exclusion of business. She mentioned
that when she spoke IN Chicago last
week, dog that came with a newspa-
per reporter ran across the stage and
springing up laid his nose on her shoul-
der. ~ prophesied to the audience
then," continued she, tthat the dog
would figure in the press reports more
conspicuously than anything that was
said or done, and he did,"
Miss Anthony does not change much
as the years go by. The opening of
some new movement for the employ
ment of women, or some new CLEAN of
hope from State Legislature always
comes opportunely to offset the effects
of years and labors' that might other
wise be adding new wrinkles to her
brow. .,..~
No Soldier for Them,